The Addie and Shannon will be relocating soon and the calendar for the next few months is jammed up....we decided to make plans for a quick turn around trip to LA so we could revisit some of our fave places together....we rented a 15 passenger van and hit the road! We really wanted to focus on Adam's memories and ours came flooding back as well....
First we started with Steve and I in front, then Addie and Shannie, then the boys and then Kristen and Brian in the back.....we changed that configuration around many times!
GiGi got us bags of toys and little doggies to keep us busy on the drive!
We drove by the old Firestone Building....this was the main tire manufacturing plant for years, then abandoned and now refurbished into a great mall....
We stopped at Griffith Park - Adam always loved the Carousel, the Train and the Observatory so we fit them all in!
It is an amazing Carousel - the same for 100+ years, all wooden horses and beautiful facades....
Brody takes a spin on a pony.....
Dylan rides in the horse cart.....
Adam and Shannie pose in front of the crazy clown that used to spit out tickets when we would buy them, now they are sold at the side....it was kinda freaky to have a clown spit out your ticket....sometimes change is good :)
We drove up to the Observatory for a view of the Hollywood Sign.....
It was warm and sunny and we stayed and checked everything out...Addie loved this place. We took him to see Haley's Comet there back in the day....
While they all finished up Steve and I went to the van and fixed appetizers and since I forgot the plates we served them on the lid of the ice chest....ya, I am classy like that....
We rode the train and of course had to get a pressed penny at the arcade!!! Crank Crank Crank
....and here it is.....
....and then it was on to our favorite dive for Chinese Food - Dragon Wok!
We all ordered our favorites.....huge servings!
....and Brian finished them all for us! Figures - the skinnest one in our family eats the most!
We drove over to Simi Valley and drove around to some of our haunts...where I used to work after the studio is now a huge prop shop and we drove up in the hills and then stopped where the kids went to school....Adam said it was erie, like the leaves were the same, the buildings were the same and it was like time stood still.....
...then on the the house where we used to live....it looks good, even tho after we moved out it was red tagged in the big earthquake nearby in Northridge.....
Our little community park where he played tennis and hung with his buddies.....
Off to Thrifty where we would get ice cream.....
yummy!
Let's drive by Grandma Prisbey's where we used to take all our old bottles and toys and she would build them in something in cement.....
It was closed but we could see the doll heads, the bottles, the toys and the headlights.....she was always nice and fun to talk to.....it is now a Historical Landmark!
Over the hill and heading to the valley to spend the night.....while the adults went to dinner and the mall, Steve, the boys and I hung at the hotel.....
Next day - a big day at the ballpark for Dodger and Padre Fans - we had both covered!
We presented Adam with a Tervis Tumbler with a Dodger Logo in it for a little souvenir of the trip....
We drove all up and down Ventura Blvd to our favorite stops at Art's Deli, Jerrys, Nate & Als, and we stopped by McDonalds for eeeeeeg McMuffins (what Steve called them once when he was mad) and had to laugh at the way we parked....
We drove by Stanleys where we used to have yummy salads and Adam was hoping for a Kardashian siting; however instead it was on fire so Adam tweeted Kim a heads up.....
We took Laurel Canyon up and over Mullholand and down into Hollywood and went over the CBS where I used to work and stopped at Farmers Market to look around and let the boys run off some energy....
Then....on to Chavez Ravine for the best ballpark experience every....nothing like Dodger Stadium and we have been to many many stadiums....this place is *special*
Dodger Dogs!!!!
Gotta have the chocolate malts!!!!
Then after the game the last stop on the way back to SD....Randy's!
LA - Thanks for being such a sweet time.....it was a great family bonding, laughing, remembering and enjoying trip!
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